women’s rights – Susie Alegre

February 6, 2018 In ESC Rights, Island Observations, Island Rights Initiative News, UK CDOTs, women's rights

#Vote137 – How some British women got the vote in 1881.

Today we mark 100 years since some British women got the vote in the UK. It is a milestone to celebrate but let us not forget that some other British women, in the Isle of Man, got the vote almost four decades earlier. On January 31st,

October 13, 2017 In Environment, ESC Rights, UK CDOTs

Protecting economic, social and cultural rights in the aftermath of natural disasters

In recent years, the world has seen an increase in natural disasters. In 2017 alone there has been flash flooding in Bangladesh, the mudslide in Sierra Leone, and three hurricanes in the Caribbean Sea and off the coast of the United States ravaging people and